Machine for soaking bottles previous to cleaning and rinsing.



No. 724,499. PATENTED APR.7, 1903.-

A. A. PINDSTOFTE.

MACHINE FOR SOAKING BOTTLES PREVIOUS TO CLEANING AND RINSING.

' APPLICATION FILED-APR. 17, 1902.

N0 MODEL.

drum f is for each revolution of the shaftz' moved for the distance between two teeth in U TED I STA E PATENT OFFICE.

ANDERS ANDERSEN PINDS TOFTE, OF COPENHAGEN, DENMARK.

MACHINE FOR SOAKING BOTTL ES .PR

EVIOUS TO CLEANING AND RINSING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 724,499, dated April 7, 1903. I

Application filed April 17, 1902.

T0 on whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ANDERS ANDERSEN PINDSTOFTE, manufacturer, of Copenhagen, in the Kingdom of Denmark, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Soaking Bottles Previous to Cleaning and Rinsing, of which the following isa specification.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation,partly in section, of a machine embodying this invention; and Fig. 2 is a rear View of the same.

The machine consists of a semicircular receptacle or casing a, mounted on legs I) b and fitted with an outlet-pipe c for the water. Upon the semicircular bottom are provided rollers 61 d, which are mounted in the side walls thereof slightly above the bottom. Upon the said rollers rests a cylinder or drum f with peripheral openings or perforations. and provided with projecting pins or bars g or like, arranged at even distances, so as to form projecting teeth over the entire periphery of the drum or cylinder. At the rear of the receptacle or casing is provided a bracket. h, on which is mounted a shaft 2', fitted with a worm-wheel is, adapted to gear with a worm Z; When the machine is used for manual work, the worm is not required, and the rotary motion may be obtained by suitable lever mechanism. At the opposite end of the shaft is fixed a crank-arm m, the free end of which carries a pawl n, adapted to engage under the teeth g of the cylinder or drum f, thereby imparting motion to the latter by the action of the crank-arm m. Upon the shaft 2' is further provided a hinged arm 5, which, with its downwardly-bent portion 3, rests upon the bottle placed in the drumf, so that when such bottles are not removed in due course they press against the part 5 of the arm 8 and lift it, with the result that the pawl n is disengaged from the teeth g and the rotation of the drum is stopped until the necessary number of bottles have been removed, after which the arm falls and reengages the pawl 17. in the teeth g, so as to continue the rotation of the drum. By this arrangement the cylinder or the direction indicated by the arrow 2, Fig. 1, the shaft 2' receiving continuous motion, as

Serial No. 103,401. (No model.)

shown by arrow 1, from the worm Z. The cylinder or drumfis open at both sides. In the middle of the receptacle or casing is provided Z is rotated at such a speed that the drum f advances for one tooth in the same time as that required to provide a fresh number of bottles for thedrum. The bottles are introduced during the intermittent rotation of the drum. When the first batch of bottles have passed through the casing and have got into the position r r, Fig. 1, at the left, the plank p, with such first batch of bottles, is removed from this side of the casing and the machine operates in a continuous manner by delivering at each forward motion of the drum dirty bottles through one side of the drum and removing the soaked bottles at the other side. In the case that the drum is constructed for soaking bigger bottles a loose bottom or partition is inserted in the drum. When the machine is to be used for soaking smaller bottles, this bottom or partition divides the drum in such a manner that the smaller bottles are properly supported and cannot be brought in disorder.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention, I declare that what I claim is 1. Bottle-soaking machine, embracing a water receptacle, a revoluble containingdrum, adapted to rest in said receptacle and the previously-introduced bottles, at the opposite side of said latter drum, substantially as set forth.

peripherally-toothed drum, a stop-motion arm adapted to engage the bottles at the discharge endor side of said drum, and, itself, to be lifted by said bottles, and means adapted to engage the peripheral teeth of said drum, and to be thrown out of action, substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two witnesses.

ANDERS ANDERSEN PINDSTOFTE.

Witnesses:

MAGNUS JENSEN, V. O. FESSEN. 

